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Topic: heading west on NT, how can I get up to Chicago? (Read 2437 times)

Once again I call on the wisdom of the ACA forums. After having no luck on a google search, and a ACA forum search, I pose my question:

I am riding the NT (westbound) and am currently in Cleveland, OH. I have reason to stop in Chicago and was wondering if anyone could help me with a decent route off the NT (somewhere in IN) up to Chicago, IL.

I actually hadn't. But going over the material I wasn't able to find anything great.

Really I was hoping for an old MS 150 route that ended on the Chicago lake front. I don't like google map bike directions b/c you end up with 600 turns onto unnamed trails at .1 mile intervals. Also I was hoping to avoid Gary, IN which is known as a high crime area.

If I can't pull up a charity ride, I'm going to look for roadways with decent shoulders to take.

I just figured someone on here has done something similar to this at one point and may have saved the route.